Ex-Auburn football player killed in crash

Ex-Auburn football player killed in crash

LAGRANGE, Ga.

Former Auburn tight end Philip Lutzenkirchen, a fan favorite who played on the 2010 national championship team, has died in a one-car crash in Georgia, state police said.

Authorities said Lutzenkirchen, 23, was ejected from a 2006 Chevrolet Tahoe when it overturned several times near LaGrange early Sunday morning. He was a passenger in the vehicle.

Auburn coach Gus Malzahn called Lutzenkirchen “a great player and competitor” and “a great teammate and friend off the field.”

“This is a sad day for the entire Auburn family,” Malzahn said Sunday in a statement. “I find peace knowing that even though Philip was taken from us too soon, that he lived his life to the fullest, leaving a lifetime of great memories for his family and friends to cherish forever.”

Driver Joseph Ian Davis, 22, was partially ejected from the vehicle and was also killed, investigators said. Authorities said blood was drawn from Davis to determine whether alcohol was a factor in the crash.

95-year-old Ark. man sets swimming record

FORT SMITH, Ark.

A 95-year-old Arkansas man has set a new national record for his age group in the 100-meter breaststroke.

The Southwest Times Record reports that Fort Smith resident Bud Jackson broke a 16-year-old U.S. Masters Swimming record in the 100-meter breaststroke recently in Bentonville.

Competing in the 95-99 age division, Jackson completed the race in 3:16.56. That shattered the previous record of 3:38.45.

Jackson also says he knows his new record won’t last forever. He says someone will come along and break it eventually.

2 fans hit in face by foul at Marlins-A’s game

MIAMI

A female spectator hit by a foul ball at the Marlins-Athletics game has been taken to a hospital for evaluation.

The woman and another fan were both hit in the face by the ball, causing a 10-minute delay in play Sunday. The foul off the bat of Oakland’s Nick Punto struck a woman sitting in the first row along the right-field line, then caromed and hit a man nearby.

The woman was conscious when she was placed in a wheelchair on the field and taken along the warning track to an exit in the right field corner. The man received treatment at the ballpark and was released.

Coyotes acquire Sam Gagner from Lightning

GLENDALE, Ariz.

The Arizona Coyotes acquired center Sam Gagner from Tampa Bay on Sunday night, hours after the Lightning picked him up in a trade with Edmonton Oilers.

The Coyotes gave Tampa Bay a sixth-round pick next year for Gagner and right wing B.J. Crombeen. The 24-year-old Gagner, the No. 6 pick in the 2007 draft, had 10 goals and 27 assists in 67 games last season. He had 101 goals and 194 assists in 481 games in seven seasons with the Oilers.

Crombeen had three goals and seven assists in 55 games for Tampa Bay last season. He has 31 goals, 43 assists and 771 penalty minutes in 387 games in seven seasons with Dallas, St. Louis and Tampa Bay.

Gagner went to Tampa Bay in a deal that sent left wing Teddy Purcell to Edmonton.

AP: Raptors, Hawks swing 3-player trade

A person with knowledge of the deal tells The Associated Press that the Toronto Raptors have agreed to trade John Salmons to the Atlanta Hawks for Brazilian center Lucas Nogueira and veteran guard Lou Williams.

The two teams agreed to the trade Sunday night, just over 24 hours before free agency was set to open. The person requested anonymity because the trade has not been officially announced.

Nogueira was the 16th overall pick last year. He will team with fellow Brazilian Bruno Caboclo, who the Raptors drafted with the 20th pick last week. Williams can provide some scoring punch off the bench.

Wire reports